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user-inactivated  ·  3216 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Greeks go to the polls in half an hour.

Remember Germany, mid-1920s... began aggressively printing cash, instituted various economic controls, paid their war debts with inflated twaddle, turned around and poured much of the recirculated money into factories, train tracks and housing, waited ten years, conquered most of Europe.

Anyway, Greece has, honestly, two decent options. No matter how they vote they're not going to pay much of this money back for a long, long time. Even under modified "austerity" the terms won't be terrible, because the EU knows they're going to be walking through this process again with someone in the next ten years. At least I hope they know that.

I'd vote yes.

    Are you worried about the effects of a Grexit on the global economy?

As of last week I'm free and clean of the stock market, hoping for a crash. I've also always wanted to see Greece. Come what may, flagamuffin is prepared. I even found a beat up copy of The European Dream in a used bookstore the other day with which to masturbate.